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partment of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medi- cine; Jean Rose Stifler, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene. Russell S. Fisher, M.D., Chief 'Medical Examiner Werner U. Spitz, M.D., Deputy Chief Medical Examiner 111 Penn Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 752-2000 The Department of Post-Mortem Examiners, created by Chapter 69, Acts of 1&39 to replace a decentralized system of local coroners, is directed by a commission composed of a representative of the State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Commissioner of Health of Baltimore City, the Superintendent of Maryland State Police, and the Professors of Pathology at The Johns Hopkins Univer- sity and the University of Maryland. The Department replaced the coroners of Baltimore City by a Chief and two Assistant Medical Examiners, and the county coroners by Deputy Medical Examiners- In 1957 the General Assembly authorized three Assistant Medical Examiners and an Assistant Toxicologist. In 1965 an additional Assistant Medical Examiner and an Immunochemist were added and in 1969 a Deputy Chief Medical Examiner and an additional Toxi- cologist were authorized. The Commission appoints all personnel. The medical examiners investigate violent and suspicious deaths or deaths unattended by a physician throughout the State. They must file a report of all deaths investigated with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The records of the Department are open for inspection to the family of the deceased and are acceptable in Court as evidence of the facts contained. The county pays the Deputy Medical Examiners for each death investigated. The State Comptroller pays the salaries of the Chief Medical Examiner, the Assistant Medical Examiners, and the Toxicologists, and the expenses of performing autopsies in the counties and the transportation of bodies incident thereto. All other expenses of the Department are paid by the City of Baltimore (Code 1957, 1966 Repl. Vol., Art. 22). Appropriations 1&71 1972 Special Funds . $385,870 $423,705 Staff, 1971: 13; Staff, 1972: 10. MARYLAND BOARD OF PHARMACY President: Norman J. Levin, 1973 Howard Lee Gordy, 1972; Frank B. Lock, 1975; Morris R. Yaffe, 1976. Secretary-Treasurer: F. S. Balassone, 1974 610 N. Howard Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 883-2729 The Board of Pharmacy, created by Chapter 179, Acts of 1902, consists of five members, appointed annually by the Governor upon recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene for five-year terms from a list supplied by the Maryland Pharmaceutical Association. Two members must be residents of Baltimore City; two, residents of the counties of the State; and one, resident anywhere within the State. The Board licenses pharmacists by examination and reciprocity, and there is also a biennial re-registration program for pharmacists. The Board issues permits for the operation of retail pharmacies and for the manufacture of drugs, medicines, toilet articles, dentifrices, and cosmetics. The Board also licenses jobbers, distributors, and wholesalers or manufacturers of dangerous (pre- scription) drugs. In cooperation with the State Department of Health |
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